Category: Health & Wellbeing

Karen Petrou invented a new funding model for curing blindness. Proposed legislation aims to apply it to medical research more generally.Karen Petrou invented a new…

People with alcohol use disorder are often seen in clinics and hospitals, but medical professionals too often ignore the condition.People with alcohol use disorder are…

As we get back into the world and the germs that inhabit it, we shouldn’t drop the hand-washing habits so many us adopted in the…

While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it?While ventilator…

Scientists have been dreaming of disease-detecting breathalyzers for years. Has the time for the technology finally come?Scientists have been dreaming of disease-detecting breathalyzers for years.…

The agency faced criticism for approving Aduhelm for all Alzheimer’s patients. Now it recommends that the drug be given only to those with mild symptoms.The…

The approval of Aduhelm to treat Alzheimer’s disease has raised hope among older adults, but many doctors wonder if it is warranted.The approval of Aduhelm…